Trading Advice and Journal. Real-money, experienced trader noting finer points to perfect the art of trading. Includes commentary on some of the leading markets like the US, CME, CBOT futures, India, India NSE futures and other leading indexes of the world such as Japan and China.
Also, contains my effort to get to the markets that are conducive to day trading.

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Waves and their Importance in Day Trading

It has been proved beyond doubt that Elliot waves work from a longer term perspective. But for those who study Elliot in depth, it is a challenge to try and decipher the short term or intra-day movement at least of indices.

It is surely possible but requires a lot of hard study. The key point here is that the risk management is very important. One can get carried away thinking that a certain wave is ready to unfold and a bet is taken but pain follows when it is discovered that it didn't happen exactly as planned or didn't happen at all.

The best way to try and take advantage of waves is to try and catch the 3rd wave of Elliot's 5 waves. This is not only profitable but does not require the kind of research that other waves (especially the correctives) require.The biggest risk of this strategy is that if the 3rd wave does not work out, another bottom (in case of expected upmove) or top (in case of a downward move) is observed that can easily take away stop losses.